Stachys petrokosmos

Etekli karabaş

Suffrutescent perennial with sterile basal rosettes. Flowering stems 5 cm, unbranched, patent-pilose with short glandular hairs. Basal leaves elliptic, 1.5-4 x 1.2-2.3 cm, obscurely crenate, cordate at base; petiole 2-5 cm. Floral leaves subsessile to sessile, orbicular to ovate, 0.7-1.2 x 0.4-1 cm, rounded to cuneate at base, equalling or longer than verticillasters. Verticillasters 2-3, remote, 4-6-flowered. Bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 3-4 mm, herbaceous to setaceous. Calyx sub-bilabiate, subcampanulate, 6-8.5 mm, densely pilose; teeth subequal, triangular-lanceo1ate, 1/4-1/3 x tube, densely glandular. Corolla yellowish in sicco, 8-10 mm, tube subexserted. Nutlets unknown. Fl. 6- 7. Limestone cliffs, 915-1220 m.

Endemic. E. Medit. element.